even [ 'i:vən ]

• n. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

  "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

  同义词： evening eve eventide

• v.
  • make level or straight

    同义词： flush level even out

  • become even or more even

    "even out the surface"

    同义词： even out

  • make even or more even

    同义词： even out

• adj.
  • divisible by two
  • equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced

    "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight"

    同义词： fifty-fifty

  • being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)

    "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"

  • symmetrically arranged

    "even features"

    同义词： regular

  • occurring at fixed intervals

    "the even rhythm of his breathing"

    同义词： regular

  • of the score in a contest

    同义词： tied(p) level(p)

• adv.
  • used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected

    "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"

  • in spite of; notwithstanding

    "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"

  • to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

    "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"

    同义词： yet still

  • to the full extent

    "loyal even unto death"

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